The poet metaphorically associates a salt therapy with salt as the material which can crystalize and turn into a solid shape – “crystalized herself into classical“. The landscape (hilly cities), multicultural population, a variety of spoken languages become connecting elements to draw parallels between Vilnius and Lvov.

An unexpected parallel ties the Lithuanian writer Marija Petkevičaitė Bitė and Lesya Ukrainka. After her operation Lesya’s arm was lame. In his poetic texts Braziūnas mentions Bitė – the Lithuanian writer who also had a disability – a humpback.

Balticness

The poem does not provide a direct relation with the Baltic region but historically for a long time the Ukraine belonged to the Great Duchy of Lithuania and Polish Kingdom – the area in which Lesya Ukrainka was born and abided. The only connecting word is the sea – until now there is a popular phrase that the duke Vytautas Magnus governed the lands from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.

Braziūnas‘s poem embraces more – cultures, languages, and a feeling of community.